U.S. report ties pro-Erdogan media to anti-Semitic trend in Turkey

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WASHINGTON — The United States has linked Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to rising anti-Semitism in Turkey.

U.S. President Barack Obama with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House in Wasington on May 18, 2013. /AFP

A State Department report asserted that Erdogan and his supporters consistently sought to blame Jews for unrest in Turkey.

The 2013 International Religious Freedom Report said the pro-Erdogan media further fanned the flames in anti-Semitic reports and commentaries.

“Many attributed anti-Semitic graffiti and threats to events in the Middle East and anti-Semitic rhetoric by Prime Minister Erdogan and other government officials,” the report said.

Erdogan has been deemed the foreign leader closest to President Barack Obama.

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International Religious Freedom Report, U.S. report ties pro-Erdogan media to anti-Semitic trend in Turkey

U.S. report ties pro-Erdogan media to anti-Semitic trend in Turkey added by World Tribune on August 11, 2014
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